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    The Passing of Leonard Nimoy

    I watched his documentary on women and art. It was incredible. He was a beautiful passionate man. Watching star trek TOS as I grew up, his character embodied the triumph of the sciences over blind ignorance and brutality. A great loss.
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    Habits of a Former Catholic

    Tamwen, there is one other thing about catholics, both acting and former. they will hold to a defeated argument long after it becomes irrelevant, in order to suggest that they were right to begin with. to do this, they react with sarcasm when they are in the wrong to prop up their overweening...
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    elvin language?

    here is a free use elvin language generator for role playing games not based upon tolkien. FR | Language Translator
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    Habits of a Former Catholic

    i apologize trick for any offense i may have inadvertently given you. i am a practicing roman catholic who completed her education within the roman catholic school system and is a member in good standing of the catholic womans league, and is an acting deacon at the church i attend. i have gone...
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    building a native american culture form scratch

    The Encyclopedia Britannica has a very comprehensive survey of the north american aboriginal communities as well as their locations and affiliations. For information about the pre columbus organization and way of living i would browse issues of 'northamerican archeology'.
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    Need reasonable physical indicator of drug use

    if it is a made up drug then you could have the users eyes change colour with the use of it. say develop a colour ring around the iris or flecks of a certain colour like they do in those diseases where people can't metabolize a certain protein.. you could have that the drug is not able to be...
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    Habits of a Former Catholic

    French Catholics have 'sacre bleu' for Mary's veil. Irish Catholics have as was stated, swear by the holy family. 'Grace preserve us' is another one. Catholics have a cross in the kitchen. Usually over or near the kitchen door. The priest would bless the home and the crucifix at that time to...
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    my first attempt

    reduce the scale for 'the' and add dark at the bottom to balance the dark at the top. it would pop more if the title and author lines were the same colour, more balance. and the byline could be one line, instead of two.. I think it may be too dark. it is pulling at the eye... I would tab it...
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    Fighting with one arm.

    some knights had mini shields on their knees because they were on horse back. the biggest problem would be of balance. as soon as someone starts hitting at him he would be more likely to go down because of overbalancing. when you are moving most of your balance is in your shoulders. when you are...
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    Where do people build cities?

    The heart of the city is commerce. They exist as market driven economies. Where there is a market or center of exchange or trade in any but a roaming population you will get a supportive infrastructure growing up around it. For example most English towns that grew into cities with great...
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    Elfs or elves

    Actually elf can be spelt with an 'a' or a 'e'. Alf and elf. Elvar and alfar. 'E' was the English form and 'a' was the Scandinavian/Germanic root form. So, the plural of elf could be elves or alfar depending upon the modalities of your specific piece. Also, ( just to totally confuse the...
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    Why all the elves?

    I think people that seek out books with elves and the archetype races in them are seeking a certain type of book. I think they are looking for magic and a cultural connection that an industrialized society has marginalized if not eliminated entirely. I firmly believe that what we hunger to know...
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    This is for research only, tee hee hee.

    be careful with shoulder stabs. there were a few kings assassinated tat way. your shoulder has arteries that can have you bleeding to death. why stab anyone? why not just throw something into their eyes to absorb directly into the blood stream?
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    Debating fantasy race ideas and problems

    wouldn't the orokai be the super soldiers? weren't the orcs simply elves captured by the dark forces and kept as slaves then degenerating because of their exposure to the evil surrounding them? the reason the elves were so graceful is because they had lived with the gods and absorbed that...
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    How did you discover Mythic Scribes?

    I googled awesome writing groups and there you were
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